Southern History of the War: The second year of the warBooks for Libraries Press, 1969 - United States |
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Page 126
... numbers or regularity , was impossible , and the theatre of the fight was therefore limited . The fortunes of the day , which were des- perate enough in the face of the most overwhelming numbers , were stubbornly contested by the ...
... numbers or regularity , was impossible , and the theatre of the fight was therefore limited . The fortunes of the day , which were des- perate enough in the face of the most overwhelming numbers , were stubbornly contested by the ...
Page 165
... numbers , fight- ing behind fortifications which were almost impregnable , and assisted by a fleet of gunboats in the river . The unequal attack was made by our troops with devoted courage ; they succeeded in driving the enemy to the ...
... numbers , fight- ing behind fortifications which were almost impregnable , and assisted by a fleet of gunboats in the river . The unequal attack was made by our troops with devoted courage ; they succeeded in driving the enemy to the ...
Page 300
... numbers . It is absurd to refer to the person of Abraham Lincoln as the political master of the North ; he is the puppet of the vile despotism that rules by brute numbers . We have already referred to some of the characteristics of such ...
... numbers . It is absurd to refer to the person of Abraham Lincoln as the political master of the North ; he is the puppet of the vile despotism that rules by brute numbers . We have already referred to some of the characteristics of such ...
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A. P. Hill advance arms army artillery attack bank batteries Bragg bridge brigade campaign captured cavalry Chambersburg charge Chickahominy columns command commenced Confederacy Confederate corps D. H. Hill defeated defences division enemy enemy's engaged Ewell Ewell's fall back Federal fell field fight fire flank forces Fredericksburg front Gettysburg gunboats guns Hagerstown Harper's Ferry Hill Hooker horse hundred infantry Jackson James river Kentucky killed and wounded line of battle Longstreet loss Manassas Maryland McClellan ment miles military Mississippi morning movement night North Northern numbers o'clock occupied officers opened passed political Pope Port Hudson Port Republic portion position prisoners railroad Rappahannock rear rebel regiment reinforcements repulsed retreat Richmond river road shell shot side skirmishers soldiers South Southern Stonewall Jackson surrender Tennessee terrible thousand tion town troops Turner Ashby valley Vicksburg victory Virginia wagons Washington West whole woods Yankee yards